Almost 320 light-years away in the Libra constellation lies WASP-189b, an exoplanet known as an ultra-hot Jupiter (UHJ). UHJs have temperatures high enough to vaporize rock-forming elements like magnesium (Mg), […]
WASP-189 b
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Demonstrating Exoplanet Transit Photometry From Space With A 15-mm Aperture Optical Navigation Camera On Hayabusa2
Observations of exoplanet transits by small satellites have gained increasing attention for reducing detection biases.
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NASA Exoplanet Archive: Getting CUTE With New Data
The archive has added a new dataset by NASA’s Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE)CubeSat. The mission is measuring near-ultraviolet transmission spectroscopy of a dozen Jupiter- and Neptune-sized planets and monitoring […]